Treatment of refractory water.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

J. SOHNEIBLE. TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY WATER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1906.

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T Inventor PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

J. SCHNEIBLE. TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY WATER.

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Inventor Atty W A M UNITED 'srn gas PATENT, OFFICE.

JOSEPH SCHNEIBLE, OF WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY.

TREATMENT OF REFRACTCRY WATER- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SCHNEIBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Weehawken, in the county of Hudson, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Treatment of Refractory Water, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

' It has been discovered heretofore that the resence of finely-divided talc or other simiar substance in water will prevent the concretion of the mineral substanceswhich sometimes, especially when the dissolved mineral bases, &c., become insoluble b otherwise, cause trouble throu ii the formation of scale upon the walls of t e containing vessel or conductor, and particularly upon the walls of steam boilers, heaters, condensers, coolers, piping, &c. Various attempts to take advantage of this fact have been made, but such attempts have not been commercially successful. Thus it has been proposed to add by hand and from time to t1me a quantity of pulverized soapstone tothe water' in the hot-well of a boiler and to agitate the same until it has been taken into the boiler; but this method cannot be practiced continuously, is not adapted to all conditions of use, and is uncertain, ermitting at times the ad dition of too muc of the soapstone and at other times of too little. 1

By the present invention it has been sought to provide for the continuous treatment of the refractory water as it flows from the source of supply to' the place of use, adding and mixing a quantity of the finely-divided talc or other similar material continuously as the water flows and making the quantit of p the talc-like material added proportiona always to the quantity of water. -'This result is most conveniently accomplished with an apparatus interposed in the supply-pi e and comprising a device which is driven y the water as it flows, and therefore at a speed proportionate to the volume of water passing,

and as it is driven transfers in a finely-d1-- vided condition a quantity of the talc-like material from a suitable supply and adds it to and mixes it with the flowing water.

The invention, particularly as to the ap aratus, will be more fully described hereina ter Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed iiay 3, 1905- Serial No. 258,619-

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with reference to the accom anying drawing, in which such apparatus is i lustrated, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the apparatus and Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, partly broken out or in section, to show details of construction.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings the source of supply of the refractory water to be treated is sufficiently indicated by the ipe a, and the boiler or other place of use of t e water after treatment by the pipe 1;, which may lead thereto. A ho per or container 0, provided with a handole d, is arranged to receive a quantity of the soapstone or other material in a suitable condition for the operation of the apparatus, either in a finely-divided condition for transfer to the water or in a. coarser condition requiring to be disintegrated or reduced to a finely-divided condition as it is transferred to the water. As shown in the drawings, the hopper is provided in its lower portion with suitable bearings for a disintegrating-roll e, which is preferabl armed with a somewhat sharply-roughene or brush-like surface, as-

at e, to transfer as it rotates some of the soapstone in a finely-divided condition from the container to the flowing water. Suitable means are provided for rotating the roll. Thus, as shown in the drawings, there is at one end of the roll and, if desired, secured directly to the shaft thereof, a turbine-wheel f, arranged to rotate in a suitable casing 9, through which the'water passes on its way from the source of supply to the place of use, so that the transferring-roll is operated by the water in its passage and at a speed proortionate to the uantity of water assing.

n this manner an by such means t e soapstone is slowly reduced to a finely-divided condition, if necessary, and is transferred and added continuously to the Water in its passage,

e sup ly-plpe in a 10 5 I will also be I understood that cold water can be treated in thls manner as well as hot, and with reference to its subsequent use either cold orhot. Iclaim as my invention 1. An apparatus forthe treatment of refractory water comprising a container for talc-like material, means to supply the water in aflowing stream and devicesto isintegrate and transfer talc-like material in a finely-db vided condition from the'container to the substantially asmaterial in communication with the substantially as shownw talc-like material in communication with the water-supply, a disintegrating and transfervringro ll'to act upon the talc-like material,

and'means? operated y the flowing water as itflpasses from the source of supply to the place' oi' use. to drive said "roll, substantially as shown and'describe'd.

4. An apparatus for the treatment of-refractory water comprising a container for-the reception of talc-like material in communication with the watersupply, a disintegrating and'transferringroll to actupon the talc-like material and tra'nsfer't-it in a" finely-divided condition from the container to the'waterr sup ly, and afturbineoperatively connected wit of use, substantially as shown and described.

This specification signed this 24th day of April, 1905.

JOSEPH SCHNEIBLE. v

I n presence of 1 ANTHONY. N. JESBERA, M. A. BRAYLEY.

said roll and drive'n by the 'water in itspassage from the source of-supply to the place and witnessed 1 

